Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951-56; Volume XVI: The Middle East, Africa, and Inter-American Affairs
Subtitle: hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and the Near East, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy, Eighty-Second Congress, first session and Eighty-Second Congress, second session and Eighty-Third Congress, first session and Eighty-Third Congress, second session and Eighty-Fourth Congress, second session.
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 588
Subjects: United States. -- Congress. -- House. -- Committee on Foreign Affairs; United States -- Foreign relations.
Description: Contains transcripts of House Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. Briefings on Middle Eastern affairs, Apr. 10, 1951 June 6, 1952, July 23, 24, 1953. p. 21-51, 113-135, 157-201. Includes discussion of economic development programs, oil pricing, and Arab-Israeli tensions. b. Iranian political affairs and nationalization of British oil interests. May 4, Oct. 10, 1951, July 17, 1953. p. 53-112, 137-115. Includes discussion of U.S. military aid to Iran and nationalist policies of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. c. Arabian-American Oil Co. (Aramco) operations and Middle East affairs. July 30, 1953. p. 203-222. d. Briefing on Palestinian refugee problems and programs. Mar. 24, Apr. 1, 1954. p. 223-227. Includes discussions of Arab-Israeli tensions and economic development programs. e. Aswan High Dam aid proposal. Jan. 19, 1956. p. 279-314. f. African and Middle East travel reports of House study mission members. Feb. 8, 1956. p. 315-344. g. Briefings on Latin American affairs. Mar. 16, 1951, Feb. 29, 1952, May 22, 1953. p 379-428. Includes discussions of anti-American feelings and communist influence in Latin America. h. Bolivian economic problems. July 16, 1953. p. 425-461. Includes discussion of Bolivian economic dependency on tin exports. i. Communist influence in Guatemala. Jan. 31, 1954. p. 459-486. j. Briefing on proposed U.S. aid programs to Panama. Feb. 19, 1954. p. 487-497. k. Tenth Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela. Mar 23, Apr. 9, 1954. p. 499-536. l. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Conference of Ministers on Hemisphere Economic Relations. July 20, 1954. p. 537-558.
Notes: "[pub. 1980.]."

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Microfiche. [Bethesda, Md.] : Congressional Information Service 1983. 11 x 15 cm.